Ticket holding and serving device.



F. OPPENHEIMER & W. G. SPIBGEL.

TICKET HOLDING AND SERVING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY a, 1909.

1,01 6,893. Patented ,Feb. 6, 1912.

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TICKET HOLDING AND SERVING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1909.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.v

4 SHEETSSHEET F. OPPENHEIMER & W; G. SPIBGEL.

TIOKET HOLDING AND SERVING DEVICE.

- APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1909.

1,016,893. Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

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5] W00 wkoz M F. OPPBNHEIMBR & W. G. SPIEGEL. TICKET HOLDING AND SERVING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1909. I 1,016,893. Patented Fb. 6, 1912.

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.Jo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRED OPPENHEIMER and -WILLI,A M G. SPmcnL, citizens of; the United States, residing in the city of New York and State of New York,"have invented new and useful Improvements in =T1Ck8i: Holding and Serving Devices, of which the following is a specification.

- The: invention relates to devices for holding and serving checks or other tickets, and

in some of-yits features more especiallyfto devices forholding and serving successively checks or other tickets inthe form of a'strip a or Weband hi h' y be of the same size:

and also ma be consecutivelynumbered.

Objects 0 the invention .areto provide a simple and substantial holder which will prevent removal ofthe ticket str p, after-itv I has beenonce insertedin place in the device,

while allowing the tickets to be removed one H at a time from thecnd of the strip; to. ro

vide a device which will takerolls of tic ets of widelyfvaryingfsize while acting .t hemanner just described; to provide a dev ce which will continue to. safeguard the ticket;

strip; asit grows; smaller and smaller. as

tickets one at a time; to provide "a simple,',

eratinglpart'si of the...device from interferr once byiunauthorized persons; to PI'OVIdG for the rapid and easy .feedlng oil of the -reliabl and convenientldevice for serv ng invention will in i checks and other tickets'which is designed :to prevent collusion and fraud .in connec: tion therewith; These and otheropjects of art ,be obvious and will in part be set fort hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel arti--.-

21 cles, parts, combinations, arrangements and improvements herein shown and described. The accompanying drawings, referred to I herein and formin a part hereof, illustrate v device constructed in accordance with the sill principles of the invention, showing a roll" of tickets .carried thereby; .Fig. 2 ;is. a section taken on the line A-B of Fig.4 and showing-a smalleiyor partially used ticket strip carried by the device; Fig.3 "is a view correspondingto Fig 1, but-:showing the mechanism without a ticket strip; Fig.4 is' a top plan view referred to Fig.-1; Fig. 5 is a detail of the ratchet mechanism; Fig- 6 7 shows one formof ticket'withpartsof the. device cooperating therewith. 'Fig. 8 is. an elevation of a device constructed in accordance with the principles of themvention but of somewhat "different form from that shogwn in Fig.1; Fig.9 is a section on line Ge -D ofFi .12Jshowing a as I .s maller; orj partly-used tic etstrip :carri'ed bygthe' device; Fig.10 is a'view -correspond ing to Fig. 9 but-with the ticket strip omitted to show certain parts more clearly;

Fig;v 11 is a fragmentary. view 'on-thewline' EF ofj'Fig. 10; Fig.-12 is .a topplamcor responding to Fig, 8 withtheroll'omitted'; and Flg. 13 showsa f0rm=of ticket stript- Referring to the accompanying. drawings,"

byway of example, there is shownaframe member 1 and associated therewith'a support for a strip of'tickets in the'form ofa .is a central section-referred to Fig.6; Fig.

.roll, said support. being shown herein as a spindle 2 extending from" said framernema her 1, so that the roll-,6 supportedon the- Suitable means" for" preventing vention, 1n one aspect thereof, and the form of such-means shown in thepresent embodi ment comprises.v a movable member adapted to follow the peripheral face of theroll as the ticketsareserved ofi,'and also a mem-.

her in close contiguous relation to the side of the ticket roll'opposite or awa from the frame j'member 1, thereby holding theroll closely against the frame member while permittlng freerot'ationflof the rolls In the drawings there is shown pivoted to the 7 frame membenl at 3 a member4, shown in Figs: 1, 2 and 3 as an arm to which is at- ;tached a flat plate 5 which may bear on the peripheral face of the. roll 6 as shown in .Fig. 1. struction's shown which will be explained .more fullyhereinafter. {As is furtherillusin Figs. 8, 9 and 10 a different contratedin the drawings, a plateflor arm 7 shown attached to the plate 5 and extending along the side of the roll 6 opposite the side against the'frame member. 1.

The structure just described, which for convenience may be styled a guard frame, may be swung about its pivotal mounting 3 to a position similar tothat shown in glotted lines in Fig. 1, so that a roll of tickets may be readily slipped on the spindle 2, when the guard frainemay be swung back to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1.

In one of its features the invention provides means protected from access by the ticket roll-when carried on the spindle 2, so that after the roll is placed on the spindle and the parts are moved to the full line position of Fig. 1 it will then be impossible to retract them until the roll of tickets is ex- .hausted. In the illustrated form of such form and having a series of inclined teeth outer edge of the plate 4 is shown having 10. Cooperating therewith is shown a pawl 11, pivoted-at 12, upon the frame member 1, and acted on by a suitable spring 13. It will be understood that the guard frame cannot be retracted by applying force thereto after the pawl 11 has engaged the teeth 10,

but that it will be necessary first to move and hold thepawl out of engagement with the teeth. As the pawl is located between the: frame member 1 and the ticket roll and v as the plate 7 prevents movement of the ticket roll along its spindle, it will be seen that the pawl is inaccessible until the ticket roll is used up by being fed off the end of the strip, ticket by ticket. I

In Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11, the member 4 is shown as a flat plate lying within and sliding upon the flat frame member 1. The

formed thereon a series of teeth 30. The toothed'edge of the plate 4 may have suitable guiding or retaining means and is shown working. in a guide slot or kerf 32 in .end of the plate 5, wh1ch may thus const1- the spindle 2 (see Figs. 10 and 11). Detent simple, light. strong and reliable.

means cooperating therewith to prevent retractive movement thereof and of the attached plate 5 and associated parts are provided. In the illustrated form thereof, there is shown a spring pressed pawl 31 engagingv with the teeth 30. The teeth are shown in clined and the pawl working against the short face so that if an effort be made to draw back the plate 5, the thrust is taken the pawl by the insertion of any tool or '10,and is also protected by the teeth from being moved while the roll is in the machine. In Figs. 9, lO'and 11 there is shownfor the purpose of guarding the detent means from molestation, a .form of means comprising a ridge or boss 33 in the frame plate 1 v.and in the plate 4, one working'within the other. This ridge or boss is shaped to permit-the relative movement of the members 1 and 4 and it is shown herein of arcuate form and centering at the point 3. On the opposite side of the pawl 31 and teeth 30 is shown a projection or plate 34 disposed about the pawl. Said. projection may extend around 'to' substantially meet the boss 33 as shown in Fig. 10. It will be seen that thepawl' is protected from access until the roll of tickets has been' used. Means are provided for feeding out and strip, and in the present form thereof a plate 16 isshown pivoted at l7 to' the plate and at 18 to the plate or arm '4. Said pivoted plate.16 is provided with suitable detent means for engaging the strip to permit forward feed thereof but preventing rearward movement thereof. The form of detent means shown herein is adaptedlespecially to cooperate with a ticket strip 21', having perforations 22 therein, as shown in Fig. 7, although other forms of detent means might be used such as points impinging diagonally against the ticket strip. projection 23 is shown attached to the plate 16 which engages each perforation successively as it is fed past. i n

The parts may be proportioned so that the ticket strip isarrested withthe joint oftwo successive tickets. or a length of strip just suflicient for a ticket, protruding beyond the tute, if desired,a straight or tearing edge for detaching the ticket. A spring 19 serves to normallyprcss the pin 23 inwardly against the ticket strip. Said spring 19 s shown as having a plurality. of fingers or prongs of,

different lengths, thereby making it impossible or extremely difficult to simultaneously lift all the points. l urthermore, any pressure again t said spring to lift it away from the ticketstrip" would still cause it topress against the plate i6 and thus still maintain the pin 23 in the perforation in the ticket strip. As said spring serves also. by impinging diagonally against-the ticket strip to prevent a backward or retractive feed thereof. it will be seen that it acts as a-safesired, be used as a tearing edge.

The invention, in one of its features, provides for the easy and rapid engagement and detachment of the tickets successively from the end of thestrip, andas shown herein the plate 5 is out away-at 20 so as to leave the ticket end exposed and also the end of the pivoted plate 16, so that no preliminarymovement of any part or mechanism is required but merely to grasp the exposed corner of the ticket 21, and with it as a matter of course the end of the plate 16, which rocks against its spring 19, causing the projection 23 to pass out of engagement with the hole in the strip, or in case of some other form of" detest, causing it to ass out of engagement with the strip which 1s then free to move for a tickeglength when it is again stopped (see especially Fig. 4.) The dividing line between the end ticket and the next one is now at the outer edge of the plate 5 and said ticket may be quickly detached, either by pulling straight out or diagonally, by using the edge of the plate 5 as a tearing edge. The pressure of the hand in tearing ofi' successive tickets will cause the plate 5 to bear on the peripheral face of the roll and thus to follow it as it decreases in size and as each tooth, .10 on the arm 9 successively reaches the pawl 11 and is engagedthereby.

any retractive movement of the plate 5 is prevented. To prevent the undetected pulling out of the entire strip and the substitution of a different one; as might occur in some instances, as through collusion of cashier or waiter, the tickets may be serially numbered and the number'of the last ticket on the interior of the roll mad e of record elsewhere or imprinted on a cofe of wood or other suitablematerial at the center of the roll. 4 i

The operation of the described mechanism will be clearly understood from the foregoing and any further statement of operation is unnecessary. It will" be understood further that a device hasbeen provided realizingthe objects of the invention and the advantages herein set forth, together with other'objects and advantages.

The invention, it will be understood is not limited to the structures herein shown, but covers also equivalents and changes within the scope of the accompanying claims.

What wc claim as our invention and dc sire to secure by Letters Patent, is: v

l. A ticket holding and serving device including in combination a frame member, a

s indle forgholdin a roll of tickets with its Sld towardv the ame member,- a, detent member alongside the spindle and against the frame member so as to be covered by the ticket roll, means for preventing access to the and between the ticket roll and frame mem er, a movable member adjacent to the periphery of the ticket roll, and; a detent mem er extending from said movable member to en agesald first mentioned member Eetween t e ticket roll and-said. frame mem- 2. A ticket holding and serving device including in combination .a frame member, means for supporting a roll of ticketswith the side of the rollclosel conti uous to the framemember, a movab e mem er adapted to follow the peripheral face of the ticket roll as the tickets are served, OE, and. means protected from access by said ticket; roll for preventing the retraction of said movable member from, the face ofthe'roll, saidim eans becoming accessiblev when the roll; is exhausted.

3, A ticket holding and-serving device ineluding in combination a. frame member, a

sup ort for rotatably holding a; ticket roll wit its side against said. frame member, a member movable to and from the side of saidticket roll opposite said framcmember,

grasped by the hand together with the end.

of the stri to simultaneously disengage the detent an begin the removal of the strip from the casing.

5. A ticket holding and servingdevice ineluding in combination a casing and supporting means for a ticket strip, a movable member having a detent normally engaging the ticket strip to prevent its being drawn out of the casing,and a member having a straight or tearing edge for detaching the-tickets and a cut away portion to permit said ticket strip and said movable detent member to be grasped together within said straight edge. I

6. A ticket holding and serving device including in combination means for storing a ticket web, means for directing the end of the web, a detent engaging said web, and connections for disengaging said detent to permit the web to feed located contiguously to said directing means, so as to be actuated draw 1t.

8. A ticket holding and serving deviceainby the, hand in g the w hto withdraw it.

7. A'Qticket holding and serving device including in combination means for storing a ticket web, means for engaging successive tickets as one ticket after another is withdrawn and detached, and connections for' disengaging said engaging means from i a ticket arranged to.be actuated bythe hand" engaging the end ticket of the web to with eluding in combination means for storing a web of tickets, said web having perforations therein a ticket length a art, a closed guidewa through which the tickets are fed out, a' et'ent which-engages within said guideway :the successive perforations as ticket after ticket is withdrawn. and means located near the end of said guideway. which .may be grasped by the hand Withdrawing the end ticket for causing said detent to pass out of the perforatio 9. A ticket holding and serving device in- I eluding incombination a plate forming one side of a guideway for the ticket web, a

pivoted plate formingthe opposed side-of the guideway,a detent carricd'bysaid pivoted plate to engage the web, and a spring within the guideway acting on said PlV';

oted plate to press the detentfinto the web. 10. A ticket holding and serving device including. in combination a plate forming one side of a guideway for the ticket Web, a pivoted plate forming the opposed-side of "the guideway, a detent carried by'said pivoted plate to engage the web, a spring act ing on said pivoted plate to press the detent into the web, said first mentioned plate having a portion cut away to permit the pivoted plate and ticket web to be grasped together bythe hand (-i' the operator, so that the detent may be retracted by grasping the ticket to remove it.

11. A ticketholding and serving device including in combination a plate forming one side of a guide way for the ticket Web, j a pivoted plate forming the opposed side of the guideway, a detent carried by said pivoted plate to, engage the web, and a spring within the guideway fastened to the pivoted plate and pressing against .said first mentioned plate, or the interposed web.

12. A ticket holding and serving device including in combination a plate forming one side of a guideway for the ticket web, a pivoted plate forming the opposed side of the guideway, a detent carried by said pivoted plate to engage the web, and a spring fas tened to the pivoted plate at the opposite side of the pivot hearing from the detent, and pressing against said first mentioned plate, or the interposed web.-

' 13. A ticket holding and serving device rasping the end ticket of including in combination means for supporting a ticket roll, means for confining the.

ticket roll, a plate closely contiguous tothe side of the'ticket roll having a recessed por- Ition, a pawl within said recessed portion, a

tickets with the side of the roll closely contiguous to said flat member, means for preventing wl'fhdrawal of the roll from lts position contiguous to said flat member, detent means connected to said'preventing means, said detent means being located between saidmember and the ticket roll, and aprojection on said fiat member and about the detent means to prevent access to the detent means between said flat member and the roll.

15. A ticket holding and serving device including in combination a flat member, means thereon for supporting a ticket roll, atlat member pivoted on said first fiat memher and carrying a set of teeth on its edge, a pawl between the ticket roll and its supporting fiat member for engaging said teeth to prevent movement of said second fiat member in one direction'and to the other.

16,. A ticket holding and serving device including in combination aflat plate, a

permit it in .ticket roll supported with its side against said plate, a second plate ivoted on said plate, detent means between said first mentioned plate and the ticket rollja nd acting on said second plate, a projection on one of said plates and a corresponding projection on the other, one projection working within the other, said projections being arranged around thedetent means to. protect said means from access.

117. A ticket holding and serving-device including in co bination a late, a roll oftickets support dth'ereon, a ollower for the periphery of said tick'et roll, means for-preventing removal of said roll from its sup-.

port, detent means located between said plate and saidroll, a platemov ing on said first mentioned plate and connected to said follower and to said preventing means, a

ridge in each of said plates,'the rid e in one pla'te'being within the ridge int c other, said ridges being arrangedto preventlaccess to the detent means between the roll and the plate.

18. A ticket holding and serving device including in combination a flat. late, means for rotatably supporting a rol i 'of tickets with the side thereof against-said'platc,

-means for maintaining the roll in said posi- In testimony whereof, We have signed our 10 tion detent means, connections between said names to this specification, in the presence of detent means and said mamtalnlng means, two subscribmg Witnesses.

comprising a flat plate moving on said first FRED OPPENHEIMER mentioned plate and a projection on one of said plates worliing in a recess in the other WILLIAM SPIEGEL' of said plates and arranged about said de- Witnesses:

tent means to prevent access thereto'between JOHN D. MORGAN,

the ticket roll and the plate. Rosn MENK. 

